Clothes-rack.



S. T. HONDA.

CLOTHES RACK- APPUCATION FILED FEB.23,19I6.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

INVENTUF? STANLEY T. HONDA, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed February 23, 1916. Serial No. 79,941.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY T. RONDA, a citizen of Russia, and aresident of T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and use ful Clothes-Rack; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to clothes racks, and has particularly for itsobject the provision of an adjustable curtain hanging rack or member forthe clothes rack described and claimed in my prior United States LettersPatent No. 1,180,436, dated April 25, 1916, whereby to enhance thepracticability and commercial value thereof.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, andWhile, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, a perspective view of a preferred embodiment thereof in openp0sition is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the wall-plate, having a notch 2in its upper end for receiving a supporting nail 3 or other suitableprojecting part. A bar 4 pivotally projects forward from the lowerportionof the plate 1, and has a hat support 5 preferably foldablyrising from its outer end and provided above the bar with a for wardlyprojecting finger 6. A tongue 7 is slidingly mounted on the bar 4 and isprovided above the bar with an opening 8 for permitting the upper end ofthe tongue to be hooked over the nail 3. The tongue is intended toengage any one of a series of notches 9 provided in the lower edge ofthe bar 4 at the inner end thereof and to cooperate with the plate 1 toengage a nail 3 and support the bar 4 in proper relation thereto, as isfully described in my said former application. The bar 4 is intended tosupport a plurality of clothes hangers adapted for hanging thereon.

A U-shaped member 10 has the free ends of its legs pivotally attached tothe plate 1 in horizontally spaced relation and above the plane of thebar 4, as to ears 11 on the plate, and has its forward looped enddisposed in advance of the support 5 in posi tion for its loop to restloosely on the finger 6 when the rack is in setup position. A. secondU-shaped member 12 of substantially the same length, but a littlebroader than the member 10, straddles said member and has its legterminals in sliding engagement with the legs of the member 10. One legof the member 12 is preferably in permanent sliding engagement with therespective leg of the member 10, as shown at 13, while the other leg ofthe member 12 is in removable hooked engagement with the respective legof the member 10, as at 14. The connection or bearing 13 is elongatedlengthwise of the leg on which it slides to support the member 12 inalined relation to the member 10. A curtain 15 is hung from the member12, and, when said member is in closed relation to the member 10, isintended to drape around and protect from dust and dirt any clotheshanging from the rack bar 4. The transverse spacing of the adjacent legsof the members 10 and 12 prevents the legs of the inner member frominterfering with the draping of the curtain from the outer member.

It is evident that the curtain carrying member 12 can be moved to itsopen or outwardly extended position with respect to the member 10 whenclothes are being placed on or removed from the rack, so that thecurtain will not interfere therewith, and also that thehooked end 14 ofthe member 12 can be disengaged from the member 10 when it is desired toplace a curtain on or remove it from the member 12.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to anyspecificconstruction, arrangement or form of the parts, as it is capableof numerous modifications without departing from the spirit of theclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

1. The combination with a clothes rack having spaced horizontallydisposed guide parts, of a U-shaped curtain carrying member having theend of one of its legs provided with an elongated bearing in slidingengagement with one of said parts and having the end of its other leg inremovable hooked sliding engagementwith the other of said parts tofacilitate the placing on or removal of a curtain from said member.

2. The combination with a clothes rack having a horizontally projectingrack bar and guide parts disposed in horizontally spaced relation abovesaid rack bar longitudinally thereof, of a U-shaped curtain carryingmember of greater width than the space between said guide parts to adaptit to straddle said parts and to have its legs disposed without the samein spaced relation thereto, one leg of said member having an elongatedbearing in sliding contact with one of said parts and the other leg ofthe member having its end in removable sliding engagement with the otherof said parts.

3. The combination with a clothes rack having a wall plate, a rack barprojecting therefrom and a U-shaped member projecting from said plateabove the rack bar with its legs horizontally spaced and its looped endsupported by a portion of the rack bar, of a second U-shaped memberstraddling said first member and having its legs con nected to the legsof said first member for sliding engagement therewith, said secondmember being adapted to carry a curtain.

4. The combination with a clothes rack having a wall plate, a rack-barand a U- shaped member projecting from said wall plate, said memberhaving its legs horizontally spaced and disposed above the rack bar andhaving its outer end supported by the rack bar, of a U-shaped curtaincarrying member straddling said first member with its legs intransversely spaced relation member carried by said first member forlimited longitudinal sliding movements relative thereto. 7 d

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification.

STANLEY T. RONDA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

